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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 1, 2011

Sophisticated Drug Tunnel Leads To $65M Marijuana Seizure

The passageway, found Tuesday after a six-month investigation, connects a warehouse in Otay Mesa with one in Tijuana, Mexico. The 612-yard long passageway is equipped with electric rail cars, lighting, reinforced walls and wooden floors.

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Inside the Badge by Richard ValdemarNovember 23, 2011

How a Cartel Enforcer Thrived In Lockup

Jose "Bat" Marquez received a life sentence for trafficking methamphetamine from a prison cell. Most law enforcement officials would consider this a success; however, it was too little, too late for those of us familiar with his criminal past as a violent enforcer for Mexican Mafia and Tijuana drug cartel.

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Articlesby POLICE Magazine StaffNovember 9, 2011

The War Correspondent: Sylvia Longmire

Author Sylvia Longmire has been studying Mexico's drug and human smuggling operations for much of her life.

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Inside the Badge by Richard ValdemarNovember 7, 2011

California's Budget Fix: Cut Gang and Drug Fighters

State lawmakers are positioning their budget axe over the heads of the state Department of Justice's Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement (BNE) and Bureau of Investigation and Intelligence (BII).

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 3, 2011

Ariz. Authorities Break Up Cartel Smuggling Ring

Arizona law enforcement agencies and federal agents dismantled what is believed to be a major smuggling ring for the Sinaloa Cartel, seizing $1.5 million in narcotics, collecting 19 weapons, and arresting an illegal immigrant who had been deported two weeks earlier.

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Inside the Badge by Richard ValdemarOctober 27, 2011

Medical Marijuana: California's Biggest Losers

Wake up California; you've been sold a lie. This lie has allowed the Mexican (and other) cartels and gangs to produce huge crops of unregulated marijuana here in our state. These fields produce hybrid dope high in THC content and high in illicit profit. For this, some men are willing to kill.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 18, 2011

Cartels Exploit Children, Say Gang Experts

Mexican drug cartels are using children as young as 11 in their smuggling operations in Texas, Reuters is reporting. Six of the cartels, including the violent Zetas, are paying children $50 to move a vehicle from one area to another area, as well as using them as lookouts or for other tasks.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 10, 2011

100 Fast and Furious Guns Found at Mexican Cartel Enforcer's Home

Associates of a Mexican drug cartel transported an arsenal of battle rifles from Phoenix to the home of the cartel's top enforcer in Ciudad Juarez under the Fast and Furious operation.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 30, 2011

Police Investigate Possible Gulf Cartel Hit In Texas

Jorge Zavala, 32, was fatally shot at about 2 a.m. Tuesday in the 1300 block of Expressway 83. Zavala was believed to have ties with Gulf Cartel members in Reynosa and Matamoros, three sources familiar with the situation said.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 20, 2011

Ariz. Task Force Bust Nets Marijuana, Guns, Illegals

A task force in southern Arizona seized 4,369 pounds of marijuana, 40 undocumented aliens, four vehicles, and three weapons during an operation that involved multiple agencies, the Pinal County Sheriff's Office announced.

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